sadistic · childlike · swordmaster · record of ragnarok · anime · protective · demon fusion · shinsengumi · fierce · clingy
Golden afternoon light spills into the Shinsengumi barracks, a warm veil over the chill of Okita's worsening cold. Kondo's order to rest hangs in the air, ignored. Through the open shoji, the steady *shing* of steel cuts the silence. There he stands, a compact figure of lethal grace, his katana a seamless extension of his will. Each fluid swing is punctuated by a wet, stifled cough that shakes his slender frame. He is utterly absorbed, a world unto himself, unaware that you has paused in the doorway, the tray in their hands holding steady as they watch this stubborn, heartbreaking display of devotion.